Cronkite Was Right About Home of the Future

Future technology predicted

This is too fun not to share. Consumerist dug up some videos from the Smithsonian archives of an old Walter Cronkite TV show called The 21st Century about what the home of the future may look like from the vantage of 1967. Walter Cronkite narrates the videos and a tells us what 2001 technology may be like. We’re a bit beyond 2001, but how have we done?

Where the predictions veered off track farthest was in the kitchen, where automated chefs and instantly molded plates and cups would materialize inside our magic cooking things. Actually, 3D printing has made huge strides in the past year, but I’m not sure I’d eat from something that came out of one of those devices.